Stoker



J. E. REESE.

soKER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28.1920..

atented Jan. 17, i922.

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STOKER. APPLICATION man JUNE 28,1920.

11,403,868 Patented Jann 17, 1922.

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Application filed June 28, 1520. Serial No. 92,351.

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Be it known that l, JOHN E. REEsn, a c1t1-.

zen of the United States, and resident of Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stokers, of which the following` is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in stokers of'the general type in which combustion takes place upon an inclined grate made up of a'plurality of transverse Stoker or grate bars, with a cleaning or 4dumping plate jat the lower end of the incline. In stokers of this general type the stoker bars are usually arranged to form two series'of connected bars by attaching alternate bars throughout the length of the grate to actuating mechanism whereby each series of bars may be oscillated independently of the other series to advance the fuel toward the dump or cleaning plate. The Stoker bars in this type ofstokers, have heretofore been supported for oscillation on the grate frame side bars through the medium 'of trunnions formed integral with the Stoker bars, 'and in addition the mechanism foretfecting oscillation of the stoker bars has been connected directly to said bars thereby rendering it necessary in the event of-*damagel to a Stoker bar from any cause to first detach the oscillating mechanism, remove the damagcdbar, set the new bar, and` finally connect theoscillating mechanism' to the new bar. Such operation in effecting replacement of damaged stoker hars is diiicult, timeconsuming and expensive.

My. present invention therefore contemplates the provision of an improved construction wherein each Stoker bar is made separate from and removably supported by a trunnion bar for oscillation with the hitter; the mechanism for oscillating the Stoker bars being attached to the trunnion bars so that Ain the event of injury to a Stoker bar the latter can be'removed and a new bar set in place without disconnecting any of the partsof the stoker. l `urthermore, l afain reduce the expense incident to the replacement of a stoker bar by co1 structi'ng each of said barsl of a plurality of unconnected see tions so that injury to any .sectionv necessitates only the removal and replacement ot that particular section.'

My invention1 further resides in so shaping and assembling the Stoker b rs and dump plate on the trunnion bars that each stoker bar except the innermost one against displacement with respect to its related tru'nnion vbar by an adjacent Stoker bar, while the innermost stoker bar is locked against such displacement by the dumpgplate and the latter' correspondingly locked by the innermost stker bar It is also the aim of my invention to providean improved construction of stoker supporting frame wherein the elements of the frame are detachably interlocked in such manner, that the weight of the stoker serves to intensify the interlock between the elements of the frame and thereby prevent in a positive and eflicient. manner any tendency of the deadplate elements of the frame to rise with respect to the other elements or any tendency of the side bar elements to move outwardly and permit the trunnion bars 'supported' thereby to drop down.

l will describe my invention in the best form known to me at present and as applied to a hand Stoker, but it will be obvious-that features thereof may be applied to mechanical stokers and that thesame is susceptible to changes in 'forms and proportions and to desirable additions with the exercise of only ordinary mechanical skill and withoutdeparting Ytrom the scope of my invention.

In describing my invention in detail ref'- erence will be had to thedrawings wherein like characters ot reference denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in 'which- Fig, l is a' vertical section through a l`urnace showing in side elevation a stoker embodying my invention, the near sidebar of the stoker frame being removed to more clearly disclose the ope ative relation or" the stolzer parts;

Fig. Il, a View similar to Fig. i showing one series of stoker bars oseillated to e2:- treme fuel advancing position;

.Fig el, a view similar to Fig. i the dumping or cleaningplate operretJ an intermediate position;

Fig. 5, abot't-orn View a'tra'gment of my ustoker;

Fig. 6, a sec ion on the line 6-6 et' Fig. 1;

`is locked accompanying Fig. 7, a detail perspective view of one of the trunnion hars by which the stoker bars are removably supported;

Fig. S, a detail perspective view of the trunnion bar associated with the dumping plate; v

Fig. 9,'a detail perspective view ot' -'one of the sections ot a stoker bar;

Fig. l0, a side elevation ot' one of the supporting frame side bars;

Fig, t1, a perspective view of the upper end ot' the side bar shown in Fig. l0;

Fig. l2, a perspective view of the lower or inner end ot the side bar shown in Fig'. l0;

Fig. l-l, a perspective view of the upper end el the center bar ot the supporting trame;

Fig. 14 is a view in elevation of the rear bearing plate of the supporting frame;

Fig. 15, a view in elevation ot' one of the dead plates otl the supporting frame, and

Fig. 16, a perspective view ot one ot the socketed ends ot a dead plate.

Referring to the drawings 2() indicates the trout wall ol the furnace and 2l the bridge wall thereot. furnace is provided with the usual tiring plate 22 having a lip 2&5. 2l is provided with a ledge 2l the supporting surl'ace ol which is protected by a plate 25 suitably anchored in the bridge wall and resting upon the llip il and plate 25 are the upper and lower ends respectively ol the supporting' l'rame olI my improved stoker. This trame includes lside hars *2th a center bar 2T. dead plates and a rear hearing plate 2). lt will he noted that the plate '3.3' and lip il are located at such relative heights as to dispose the supporting trame in proper downward inclination to the rear of the l'urnace. 'lhe rear hearing plate 29 is seated on the plate and is provided at its ends with upward extensions Cl() having `downwardly converging recesses ll therein which receive respectively corresponding tapered lower ends 32 ol the side bars 21.3. The hearing plate is also provided with a centrally disposed upward extension l having a downwardly converging recess which reccives the c1nrespondingly shaped lower end tl otl thc center har 2T. rl`hey dead plates 2S rest upon the lip l and arc provided at eachend with downwardly converging dovetail grooves 35 which receive respectively corresponding dove-tail ribs lt' toi-med on the inner sides ol the sidebars 2G at the upper ends ol' thelatter and cin-responding dove-tail rihs il? l'ormed ou respective sides ot' the center har QT. From the foregoing construction it will hi'apparent that the elements ol'. the supporting frame are detachahly intel-locked in such manner that the weight ol Athe stokcr structure and sustained tuel serves to iutensd l'y the interlock between .tithe elements ol' the trame and prevents any 4toward the rear on the furnace.

The lire door opening ot' the 'lhebridge wall tendency of the dead plates to rise with respect to the other elements of the trame or any tendency of the side bar elements to move outwardly and permit parts supported thereby to drop down.

The upper edge portions of the side bars y 26 and center bar 27 are provided respectively with correspondingly positioned and shaped trunnion bar receiving recesses 38 which are diagonally disposed with respect to the plane of the supporting frame and extend upwardly in inclination from the 'front The bars 26 and 27 are also provided adjacent their lower ends with trunnion bar receiving recesses 39 'respectively which are disposed diagonally to the plane of the supporting frame but extend oppositely to the recesses 38 or in other wordsin upward inclination from the bridge wall toward the front wall of the furnace. It will he observed that the supporting trame previously described is designed tor a. two gate unit stoker7 one unit on each side of the center bar 27. However. it will be obvious that the width ot the frame may-be extended t'o support' as many grate unitsvas are desired.

.Each grate unit supported by the trame consists et' a plurality ot trunnion' bars et) having their ends rotatably seated in corresponding recesses` 38 ot' the side and center bars whereby the bars may be oscillated in series in a manner to be presently described. llach trunuion bar l() is provided with tive radial arms ll all disposed in the same radial plane and in addition each trunnion bar is provided with a link attaching ear l2 so disposed that the ears ot alternate bars are in the same vertical plane while the ears ot adjacent bars are in staggered relation. rl`he ears 42 ot' one series ot' trunnion bars ot each unit ot' the Stoker are connected by alink 43, while the ears l2 of the other series are comlccted byv a link 44. lt will thus be seen that by moving the link ft2-l longitudinally corresponding pivotal movement will he imparted to one series of trunnion bars while similar movement ot the link il will impart corresponding pivotal movement to the other series of trunnion bars.

The mechanism for eti'ecting thelongitudinal movements ot the links 43 and A comprises an l.shaped plate )t disposed exteriorly of thc furnace and including a vertical arin 45 and a horizontal arm lo, the latter being anchored to a suitable foundation and the former disposed against the furnace front. The upper face of the. arm 46 is provided with grooves l?. t8, 4S) and 5() in which are slidably mounted the lower ends of relatively short standards 5l, 59 53 and '5l respectively. Each of these standards forked to form arms between' which operatmg levers 55, 56, 57 and p1voted to the arm sllare adapted to respectively swing i ,l I iniineteriol lioiv ineny ,sx-,tions loro euch the lousic udvantag ifioeeee Ythrough the front Well of the i'iuriiacel while the standards 53 end 54 are connected to the links t8 and 401- of the other grate unit by connect-ing rods 6l and 6,2. ln order to move the standard 5l from the position shown in Fig, el to the position shown in Fig. 3 l mount on the sides of the lever 57 rollers 63 and @il so positioned that' when the lever is swung from vertical to hori-A zontal position said rollers Will engage `the inner edges of the arms of the standard and `the Cain action resultinc' will slide the stend- 5 ard 5l outwardly in the slot e7, which Inoveinent of the standard will impart one of the pivotal movements to a series oi truunion bers of one grate unit through the medium of connections previously described. When the lever 55 is returned to eiticel position the Weight of the trunnion hai's'and the parts l su ported thereby will operate to impart the otiei' pivotal movement to the trunuion bars end this inoveinent of said hai-s will of course act 'through the various connections to return the standard 5l to noi'inel position. The oscillation of the remaining ries of trunnion hars in both grate units is accomplished by siinilei operation of the 'levers 5516"? and 58 which letter also provided respectively with rol -is and 6l. t My invention further embodies a pluizality of stel-ier hers E each removably supported by o related trunnion oer for oscillation therewith. The detachable relation between the stolzer hers l and ti'unnion liars i0 is e, very important feature oiE iny iiivcn-l tion as it enables u, oanieged Stoker loer to he replaced 'off e .new har Without disturbing the 'truiinioii oars or disconnecting any ot the ope'ietii'ig mechanism.. rhis eilvautagrge is further enhanced. hy coi'isti'ucting' eech Stoker 'oer of lurrility i l iler unconl sectioi le troni its nung sections tha stolei' has io desir-e clef cerned.l namely the plicutiou of o stolcoi related trunnion bei' witho "t any ot tlv other ports o' er, it is stolzer bei is imi Stoker bar or whether the `formed-es e .single element. bar section embodies un .integr li structure grate, bars bars as showiiin Fig. l the combined surstoler har next to the i'eai end while the stel-:er sindsuch bodily formed oi" a curved shield 66 and a tiunnion hearing huh 6T parallel to tne shield und disposed substantially eoexialqwith the latter. rlhis hearing huh Si is connected Ato the shield portion by grate bars 68 und the latter are provided with a trunnion bur receiving groove 59 extending across the grate liar au `l into th-shearing huh as clearlyshoivn iu Fig. The construction of the combined stolrer and grate har sections as previously described is such as to provide each bai' with a fuel supporting surface TO. Upon inspection of Fig. l ot the drawings it will he observed that normally the arms ll of the ti'unnion hors i() have a.. predetermined inclination to the plane of the supporting traine corresponding substantially to the inclination of the recesses 38 und it will be further oliseiw'ed'that the positioning ot the groove v59 in each combined stolzer and grate bar section is such that when the Stroker and are engaged on the ti-unnion faces 70 of the stoliei and grate bars constitute a continuous iuel supporting, surface 'substantially parallel to the plane of the supporting frame. lfflien the combined stoliei' and grate hars are-each inade'up of ifoui' sections as herein illustrated each sterker bei supporting tiunnion liar is provided with five urins Lll'and these siins are so spaced that the intermediate arins will be overlapped hf; adjacent sections 65 and as va re-I sult of .the Contact the Wells of the grooves G9 it will he obvious that oscillation ol the ti'uunion liars el in .the manner heretofore described will produce corresponding oscillation ot the coinbined stoliei' and grate hars. if

illlien the stolei' hars and'trunnion hors are usseinhied as shown in l. each stel-ier our is locked against displacement with' respect to its related ti'unnioii bar hy the the againstl such t by the duinp plate C, the luti turn locked a displaceiiieut with respect to itsrelfitcd trunnion bai' by' 'the i'eurniost stolzer bei: Elus self locking status iie'vvee pli lied by normally rear lost sioliei bur is lool-:ed displeceinen ter being ii disposing the aiins of the tiunnion hers in upward inclination 'from the lnent to the rear ol' the furnace so thatdisengugino)` movement of any bar with respect toits trunnion bar nec ssitetes also bodily reorward movement o movement cannot toit-e intervention of the st rear. ln the cese o the dump plete C i engaging movi-inC action between. the' neh lo( 's further intensified by providing eaoh ection otthe s stel-er bars with :i downwardly divergino 'oetiveen the arms llandv tha., stoler bers is eccomvportion 7G and side walls T T through which the tie rodsl pass. i The sections Tliavev their side 'alls provided with trunnion bar receivinel recesses TT inclined upvi'ardly, when assembled in the stoker` from the rear toward the front ot' the turnaceor in' other words oppositely inclined with respect to the. grooves Gil of the stoker bars. @The trunnion bar of the dump plate ot each f ijrate unit is indi Iated atv TS and seats in thelrecesses 39 provided'in the side and center hars of thesupportingi` trame. 'lhe dump plate trunnion bars are provided with radial arms Hl) which seat in the recesses 'TT' and thereby interlock the dumping` plate and tru'nnion bar for unitary oscillation.- ll`he desired dumping movement ot eaeh dumping plate is accomplished through the medium of an operating bar Hl pirotally st-curei'l to the under side of the rear end ot the plateand extended through the front wall ot' the furnace, the free end ot' the bar heini;` pro vided with a grippingl handle-H2. vlt will be observed, by reference to Fig, l, that in operating,` the dump plate the rear end I nove's down an'd lthe forward end moves up. ,This

upward movement ol the `forward end crushes any clinker that may have vformed so that it can readily drop into the ash pit.

I l claim- 1. n integral combined stoker a'nd grate bar for furnaces comprisingy a curved shield portion, spaced-grate bars projecting` at -dit angles from theconyex tace ot t'iie shield portion the full width Jl-"tir and a continuous bearingr hub connecting' the end portions ot' thegrate bars, said ii'ate bars being' provided with truiinioii bai' re eeiving` recessesI extending into the bearing hub. i

n integral combined stoker and grate bar for furnaces comprising a curved shield portion, spaced grate bars ol substantially triangular shape projecting' at right an} des trom the convex tace ol the shield portion .cesses extending into the hearing' hub.

il. ln a stokiney grate, a supportingr l'ramc` a plurality ol' ti'uniiion bars supported on the l'i'ame tor oscilla( ion, stoker bars separate from and removably' supported on the trunnion 'oars for oscillation therewith, the line ot' movement of one, terminal and each intermediate stoker bar in effecting removal thereotfrom their related trunnion bars heing interseeted hy an adjacent stoker bar whereby each of said Stoker bars is locked against displacement from its related truniiion bar, and removable means orloeking the other terminal Stoker har against displacement from its related trunnion bar.

4. ln a stoking grate, asupporting frame, a plurality of trunnion hars supported on the frame for oscillation, Stoker hars -sepaiate from and. ren'iovahly supported on the trumiion hars for oscillation therewith,l the line of movement of one terminal'and each intermediate Stoker bar in effecting removal thereof troni their related trunnion bars being intersected by. anv adjacent-Stoker bar whereby each of said stoker barsis locked against displacement from its related trunnion bar, and an oscillatory dump- "ing plate removable when operated to a pre letermined position with respeetvto the frame and locked against removal in .ill other operative positions by the other ter; minal stoker bar, said dumpingv plate acting` to lock the last named terminal stoker bar against displacement trom itsrelatedtrunnion bar.

ln a stoking grate, a supportings)- frame,

,a plurality ot' trunnion bars supported on the frame l'or oscillation, stoker bars separate. from and removably supported on the truiinioii bars for oscillation therewith, one terminal and each intermediate stokcr bar holding an adjacent Stoker bar against displacement with respect to its related trunnion bar` and releasable me; ns holding said terminal stoker bar against displacement` with respiri to its related trunnionbar.

(l. ln a striking' grate, a supporting trame, a plurality of trunnion bars suifiported on the `l'rame for oscillation, s tokeiI` bars separate l'roin and removably supported on the trunnicm .bars .tor oscillation therewith, and a removable oscillatory dumping plate supported by the trame, each stoker bar and the duiiipin r plat-e liaving'a forward enlargement extendin;r overthe adjacent end.

ol' the stoker bar in advance thereof, whereby all ol' the stoker bars are normally held against displacement with respect to their related trunnion bars.

ln testimony whereof l liei'eniito affix my signature in thc presence ot' two witnesses. .l()ll.\' EDWARD Rlllll.

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